Gig-saddle



J. J. LEONHART & L. WERLE.

Gig-Saddle.

' No. 226,079 Patented Mar 30, 1880.

Law Fer-Le.

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UNITED STATES J AGOB J. LEONHART AND LUIS WERLE, OF VARREN, PENNSYLVANIA.

GIG-SADDLE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 226,079, dated March 30, 1880.

Application filed November 21, 1879.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, J. J. LEONHART and LUis WERLE, of Warren, in the county of Warren and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gig- Saddles and we do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective of the saddle and pad; Fig. 2, a bottom View of the top of the pad, showing the nut-plate and protectingstrap secured thereto; Fig. 3, a longitudinal section through as .r of Fig. 2; and Fig. 4, a bottom view of the top of the pad with portions broken away, showing the nut as held in the nut-plate.

Our invention has reference to gig-saddles; and it consists in the combination hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, A indicates the housing, and B the check-hook, which is bolted or otherwise secured thereto, the skirts 0 being preferably between the housing and ch eck-hook, and the back-strap D between the skirts and the housing.

The terret-rings E are passed through holes formed in the housing A therefor, and their lower ends are threaded, so as to screw into nuts that lit into plates secured to the under face of the top of the pad.

The cover of the pad is indicated by the letter F, and is made of stout patent-leather, and has the pads G properly stitched or otherwise secured to the under side thereof, the said pads being made of calf-skin or other suitable material, and filled with material such as is ordinarily used in stuffing harness-pads.

To the under face of the coverF of the pad we rivet, nail, or otherwise secure a plate, H, which is cast with flanges a, a loop, I, and a circular or other shaped disk or plate, J. A nut, K, preferably of the elongated form shown in the preventing the nut from passing outside of the same when being removed that another may be inserted in its place, if the threaded shank of the terret-ring become broken off therein.

A thin metal strap, L, one end of which is inserted between the ends of plate H and the top of the pad, and the other through the loop I, which end may be riveted to the top of the pad, also serves to hold the nut in a position where it can be controlled while being removed or introduced. This plate and its nut are secured to the cover of the pad in the manner described, and afterward the pads G are placed thereover and secured to the cover by stitches or otherwise. This pad is secured and held firmly to the saddle by means of the ter' ret-rings E, which are secured into the nuts K; and if one of the rings should become broken therein the damage can be repaired by separating the pad from the saddle and pushing the nut inward until its shoulder is freed from the cover of the pad and disk J, and then sliding it down the length of the plate until it reaches an opening, M, cut or slit in thecover of the pad, so as to form a flap, through which opening the nut can be removed and another inserted therethrough and moved up to take its place, and no necessity of ripping open the pad for that purpose exists. These plates H are short in length, and each side of the pad is provided with one, and usually a loop, N, is provided at the ends of the saddle for the passage therethrough of the skirts G.

The skirts and pad are free from welts that would be wornout by traces and thill-straps, and the pad is made wider than the saddle, so

and strip L, passed between flanges a and through loops I, the several parts being arranged to operate as described.

In testimony that We claim the foregoing we have hereunto set our hands this 12th day of November, 1879.

JACOB J. LEONHART. LUIS WERLE.

Witnesses:

G. N. AMES, G. H. LEONHART. 

